DR. LAWRENCE BIRNBACH is a psychoanalyst who specializes in working with individuals and couples in troubled relationships. He maintains private practices in New York City and Westport, CT. He is on the faculty at Washington Square Institute, a psychoanalytic training institution, where he also serves as a training analyst and supervisor. He has had an ongoing mental health column in The Westport News, has published articles on divorce in journals and periodicals, and is also a frequent speaker on the subject.www.lbirnbach.com

DR. BEVERLY HYMAN is an internationally known business and organizational consultant specializing in conflict management, executive coaching, negotiation, interpersonal communications, and organizational development. As a consultant to several United Nations agencies, she is involved in addressing the concerns of women and families. Dr. Hyman has published two business books and numerous articles in business journals and popular periodicals. She is the chairman of the Dean’s Council at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.www.beverlyhyman.com

The authors, each of whom has a daughter from a prior marriage, were both divorced before they were married to each other in 1997.